A. Betz

This study identifies RBM39 as a regulator of innate immunity by controlling transcription and splicing of key interferon response factors, revealing its potential as a therapeutic target.

This study shows monarch caterpillars sabotage milkweed to consume toxic latex for sequestration, not to avoid plant defense, contrasting with non-sequestering crow caterpillars.

This study shows that predatory fireflies and their toxic prey have evolved distinct toxin resistance strategies through gene duplication and neofunctionalization.

This study uses mass spectrometry imaging to compare cardenolide distribution in monarch and common crow caterpillars, revealing differences in toxin sequestration and degradation.